Where Would Japanese Refugees Go? The United States?

On By southwerkIn business ethics

In small numbers under a hundred thousand perhaps even double that, local nations such as South Korea, China and Taiwan would probably be willing to bear the weight of a temporary evacuation.

The issue becomes more problematic as the numbers increase.

The Chinese and the Koreans have memories of Japanese occupation before and during the Second World War. It is unlikely they will allow any large numbers of refugees.

The Philippines are also unlikely to accept any large numbers for the same reason. Other Asian countries have an underdeveloped infrastructure unlikely to absorb any large numbers of foreigners.

The United States is the most logical nation for a large number of Japanese.

Why? First the United States already has 1,204,205 Japanese. And there is a fairly wide geographic distribution.

From Wikipedia –

In the 2000 census, the largest Japanese American communities were in California with 394,896, Hawaii with 296,674, Washington with 56,210, New York with 45,237, and Illinois with 27,702.

The United States is already a multicultural society open to new languages and new ideas. Unlike most countries there is a great deal of land resources available. Declines in population in the “rust belt” and in some Northeastern leave large areas with excess capacities – closed schools, factories and numerous other building, houses and businesses. An energetic and well educated population could radically change the nature of these parts of the United States.

Once there has been a series of meltdowns, these kinds of considerations will have to be taken into account

James Pilant


4 thoughts on “Where Would Japanese Refugees Go? The United States?”

  2. That’s wonderful. You have a big heart. Nobody appears to be thinking about this issue just yet and that is probably the way it should be with so many things that could happen that we can’t predict.
    But in the near future, if things go badly your kind offer may be needed.
    James Pilant

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  3. Tubold's avatar Tubold

    I’ve got a few dozen rental houses in Phoenix, I’d definitely welcome them.. The Japanese can probably turn our housing market around. They’re in need of houses, and we got vacant houses for them. They should also be welcome in some of the large American cities where we’re seeing declines in infranstructure and blight. They can turn these parts around and bring business into these areas.. Have you been to Little Tokyo in LA, one of the best and safest and most business active places in LA. We need more Japanese here in the states..

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    1. I really appreciate your comment. It’s good to know how kind hearted Americans are. It does appear now that the Japanese are making some progress in getting the crisis under control but there are still a lot of hurdles in their way. Thanks for giving a positive spin to the argument for a positive human nature!
      James Pilant

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